Data Journalist: Visual Stories for Ignites & BoardIQ

Financial Times; City of Niagara Falls (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401k and company match

Hybrid onsite model

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking a Data Journalist to join our growing data journalism team, producing exclusive data-driven reporting and visual storytelling for Ignites and BoardIQ.

This role sits at the intersection of journalism, data analysis and visual design, sourcing, cleaning, analysing and interpreting datasets to uncover original stories covering various aspects of the mutual fund and ETF industry as well as the boards that oversee those products on behalf of investors.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify meaningful insights from complex information.
• Experience communicating data, research findings or business insights clearly to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent collaboration and partner management skills across teams and subject areas.
• Curiosity and proactive approach to uncover opportunities, trends and deeper investigation.
• Interest in developing technical skills in Python, R, data visualization, databases or related tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop original, data-driven stories covering mutual funds, ETFs, and board oversight.
• Source, clean and analyze structured and unstructured datasets."
• Create charts, graphics and interactive visualisations to enhance storytelling.
• Identify trends and anomalies to drive exclusive reporting.
• Deliver long-term investigations and shorter-turnaround stories aligned with industry developments.
• Collaborate with reporters, editors and visual journalists across Ignites and BoardIQ.
• Support colleagues in applying data journalism techniques and interpreting quantitative information.
• Use public records, databases, APIs, and web scraping to uncover reporting opportunities.
• Ensure reporting and analysis meet accuracy and transparency standards.
• Contribute to developing data journalism capabilities across FT Specialist.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data storytelling

Collaboration

Python/R (intro)

Project management

SQL

Data visualization

Tools

SQL databases

Web scraping

Data visualization tools

Job description

The Financial Times is seeking a Data Journalist to join our growing data journalism team, producing exclusive data-driven reporting and visual storytelling for Ignites and BoardIQ.

This role sits at the intersection of journalism, data analysis and visual design, sourcing, cleaning, analysing and interpreting datasets to uncover original stories covering various aspects of the mutual fund and ETF industry as well as the boards that oversee those products on behalf of investors.